Deadline: 9-Mar-21
The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control (CGH) is seeking applications for Building Sustainable Health Systems and Laboratory Services in Cote d’Ivoire under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
The NOFO will support Ivorian laboratory institutions and provide interventions to achieve HIV epidemic control. The NOFO will complement PEPFAR by increasing and sustaining access to quality laboratory services for all HIV patients on antiretroviral treatment (ART) to improve clinical outcomes and reduce new infections and HIV-associated morbidity and mortality in Côte d’Ivoire.
Activities will consist of direct site support and technical assistance (TA), focusing on 5 strategies:
- Coordinate the national specimen transportation system
- Strengthen the national laboratory workforce, laboratory professional network, and labclinical interface
- Integrate the laboratory management information system (LMIS) with the national health management information system (HMIS) to provide high quality laboratory and patient information across systems, including providing free software use to government of Cote d’Ivoire
- Strengthen national laboratory policies and institutions and improve adherence to national guidelines
- Implement Quality Management Systems (QMS) in all laboratory networks to increase the number of labs, points of care (POC), and voluntary counseling and testing sites (VCT) providing quality services
Funding Information
- Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding: $ 3,000,000
- Total Period of Performance Length: 5
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply for this NOFO:
- Government Organizations:
- Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States)
- Non-government Organizations:
- Alaska Native health corporations
- Tribal epidemiology centers
- Urban Indian health organizations
- Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)
- Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)
- Research institutions (that will perform activities deemed as non-research)
- Colleges and Universities
- Community-based organizations
- Faith-based organizations (FBOs)
- For-profit organizations (other than small business)
- Hospitals
- Small, minority, and women-owned businesses
- All Other
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329273